EXHIBIT 2.

Average Medicare Reimbursement And Physician Supply In 306 Hospital Referral Regions (HRRs), Selected Years 1995–2005

	1995	1997	2001	2005
Medicare (Parts A and B) reimbursement per enrollee, 2005 dollars
Mean (all HRRs)	$5,324	$5,833	$6,245	$7,272
By quartile
Q1 mean	4,171	4,593	5,048	6,039
Q2 mean	4,909	5,408	5,775	6,827
Q3 mean	5,499	6,035	6,414	7,504
Q4 mean	6,729	7,308	7,764	8,730
PCPs as percent of total patient care physicians
Mean (all HRRs)	29.0%	29.0%	29.9%	29.7%
By quartile
Q1 mean	20.8	21.4	22.1	22.1
Q2 mean	26.4	26.5	27.4	27.4
Q3 mean	30.9	30.9	32.0	31.7
Q4 mean	37.9	37.4	38.1	37.7
Total patient care physicians per 10,000 population Mean (all HRRs)	17.0	18.0	18.6	19.2

SOURCE: Authors’ calculations using data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care and the Area Resource File.

NOTE: PCP is primary care physician.